Anabaena tenax Hooker f. & Harvey, nom. inval. 1847
Publication Details
Anabaena tenax Hooker f. & Harvey, nom. inval. 1847: 502
Published in: Hooker, J.D. (1847). Algae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross...I. Part II. Botany of Fuegia, the Falklands, Kerguelen's Land, etc. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 454-519. London: Reeve Brothers, King William Street, Strand.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Anabaena is Anabaena oscillarioides Bory ex Bornet & Flahault .
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Basionym
Sphaerozyga tenax Hooker f. & Harvey
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), holding fast, tough (opposite to fragilis) (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 October 2021
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
